Yes! We love our new space. We opened the week before Thanksgiving 2019. Our local clients, friends, art lovers and art curious showed up for us. They had patiently awaited our reopening or teased us regularly asking if we really would reopen. They checked out the new space, adopted new art pieces, congratulated us for staying strong through the process and raved about all the new works and the new environment. We love you, our followers, fans, collectors, friends and neighbors for staying in touch, rooting for us along the way and we cannot do any of this without your appreciation and support for our local artist community. Thank you.
We are almost three months in. We’ve had three fantastic First Friday Monthly Open House events. Many more to come the First (1st) Friday of every month - from 5:30pm - 8:30pm - co-hosted by our local artists, with featured new works from our gallery artists, and often a collaboration with a local culinary creator. (i.e. in February we collaborated with Kaleena from The Bitter Bottle.)
Last Monday we started QigongPlus in the Gallery on Monday evenings from 6:15pm - 7:15pm with local energy healer and Spring Forest Qigong leader, Eileen Meagher, PhD. Qigong: pronounced chee-gong - Qi = Energy, gong = Movement of the energy/lifeforce - full body/mind experience. A combination of 5 essential elements - gentle breathing, gently movement, gentle mental focus, energy music, with balancing emotions (happy, gratitude, peace, joy, etc.) This is a community class, $10 per session to Eileen. No special clothing, come in your work clothes, leave with a better mindset for the week.
And a shout out to all that got us here: Thank you to our landlords and building owners - Heritage Land & Development, Memphis TN, our onsite property managers - Amy, Will, Matt + Robby. Thank you to our contractors all managed by Matt Sears of Haskel Sears Design (Eldridge, Sowder, DownRight, Polmex, Chattanooga Floor Care), our security team - Mathew Smith - the Window Tinting Co (security film), Cody, Pete, Jeff & Chris - Security and Communications for our alarm and camera systems, Stephen of James Glass Co. for the locksmithing hookups. Jeffery Belk Graphic Designs for the lovely branding refresh, sign design & more, plus those that produced it, Professional Sign Services (Roxanne, Emory, Stephen, Chad…), VMO Graphics (David, Mike, Darla) & The Wonder Press (Cy, Matt, Tara, Eric…).
We are so grateful to be here and that you are along for the ride. Keeli, David & Rudd (+ our local artist family)
